Gwangju Biennale Organizers Urge Artistic Focus After Chinese Withdrawal

Gwangju Biennale curators urge focus on art after China pulls out over ‘Taiwan Pavilion’

GWANGJU — Organizers of the 16th Gwangju Biennale asked reporters Friday to keep their focus on the art, a day after Chinese curators and artists pulled their exhibition from the event's pavilion program over the use of the name "Taiwan Pavilion." Artistic Director Ho Tzu Nyen, who had yet to comment publicly since the dispute broke out in August, was asked about the withdrawal at a news conference. He answered by drawing a line between the two programs. "The main exhibition, which we are involv

By The Korea Herald